Chapter 31 Park Ha-rin (1)
Park Ha-rin (1)
Episode 32
The entire building fell silent when Park Ha-rin appeared.
Her entrance had been so overwhelming that the sudden stillness felt almost unreal.
Then the hall began to glow.
A strange light spilled from her long hair, illuminating the wreckage.
"Guhk!"
Park Ha-rin planted the heel of her black combat boot on Do Ro-rang's face without a hint of hesitation.
Her sleek stockings revealed daringly risqué skin as they wrapped around her calves and thighs.
Her high-waisted leather hot pants accentuated her broad hips, and over them she wore a snow-white open blouse and a stylish cropped jacket.
Nobody could tear their eyes away from her.
The unearthly glow made her look almost hypnotic.
More alarming still, mana poured off Park Ha-rin in overwhelming waves.
"N-Noona...?"
"Mm♡ My Si-hyun looks like he's in so much pain. It makes my heart ache. Noona will have to take really good care of you."
Her smile was elegant. To me, it was as frightening as it was beautiful.
『A formidable threat has arrived.』
I'd assumed all along that Do Ro-rang was the formidable threat.
But the warning had changed the moment Park Ha-rin arrived.
So the system hadn't been warning me about Do Ro-rang at all. It had been warning me about my older sister.
Do Ro-rang lurched upright, berserk with fury.
"Get out of the way!!"
Park Ha-rin pushed off her opponent and drifted lightly backward.
"...Can't you see I'm talking to my little brother?"
Park Ha-rin spoke while suspended in the air, a dark smile crossing her face.
"Then you should know to shut your mouth on your own, right?"
She snapped her head around. The smile on her face turned chilling.
Kwaaang!
Light erupted with a roar, shaking my entire field of vision.
An instant later, Park Ha-rin drove a kick into Do Ro-rang's side. The recoil tore through her thin stockings with a sharp crack.
"Guhh-huk!?"
Do Ro-rang flew backward through one pillar after another before slamming into the far wall. The Main Building shuddered, and dust billowed through the hall.
Park Ha-rin touched down in a shallow crouch and smirked.
"Fucking bitch."
"..................."
I could only stare.
I couldn't begin to understand where that kind of power had come from.
Like us, she should have been a classless beginner. So how could she manipulate mana already?
'I've played through the prologue countless times. Nothing like this ever happened...'
I tried to use Read on Park Ha-rin, but—
『"Read" is experiencing a delay.』
There was so much information that the skill struggled to retrieve it.
Little by little, the window began to appear.
And what I saw left me speechless.
The sheer volume of information crashed into my mind.
『Status Window』
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Name: Park Ha-rin
Level: 24
Height: 169.9cm, 58kg
Class: None
Gender: Female (24)
Origin: Republic of Korea
Sexual Experience: 0 (Virgin)
Three Sizes: 97 - 64 - 92
Status: Excited
+Attributes
[Strength 432][Agility 579][Stamina 459][Mana 703]
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I'd never seen a Status Window like Park Ha-rin's, not even in the game.
Level 24, with those stats? Was she even human?
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Race: Human
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Human. The same species as me. And somehow, the next line was even more disturbing.
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Title: The Transcendent One
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The Transcendent One. Even Read couldn't explain what that title meant.
Every attempt to look deeper felt like staring into a bottomless pit.
And then there was her ability—the piece of information I needed most.
+Ability
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「Ga...」
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Just as the skill began to reveal something, Park Ha-rin turned her golden eyes on me.
Our eyes met—and the window distorted.
『Sta......
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Name: Park Ha...
Level: 2...
Height: 16......
Race: Hu...
Title: The Trans......
Class: ......
Gender: .........
......
Sexual Experience: ......
Three Sizes: 9.........
Status: Ecs...
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The Status Window broke apart like stardust.
A moment later—
"My Si-hyun. You've bled so much...?"
I could barely make out any of her feelings.
I was still trying to understand what had happened when—
Pahng!
Park Ha-rin's head snapped backward. Her silver hair rose like a cresting wave, caught by the fist that had come hurtling toward her.
"Aha?!"
Do Ro-rang had launched another ambush from the side.
Park Ha-rin's cold gaze met Do Ro-rang's blazing one.
"Fun, isn't it?"
One corner of Park Ha-rin's mouth lifted.
At that moment,
Pung!
The blow twisted Do Ro-rang's face.
"Kuhk?!"
Do Ro-rang blinked, unable to follow what had happened. Only when Park Ha-rin calmly drew back her fist did she realize she'd been punched.
Fury flooded Do Ro-rang's face.
"Y-you, you!!"
Their movements accelerated until I could barely follow them.
Kwa-ga-ga-ga-gang!
The air burst around them with every exchange. Fists and forearms collided in a relentless flurry.
Park Ha-rin ducked under a kick, only for Do Ro-rang's knee to drive toward her face. She tracked the strike without a trace of panic and flipped out of its path.
As she rotated, her leg whipped around and struck the back of Do Ro-rang's head.
"Kkahk!"
Do Ro-rang pitched forward. Park Ha-rin planted a foot on the back of her head and sprang into the air.
"This flying-squirrel-like pest!!"
Do Ro-rang lunged for her ankle, but Park Ha-rin was already out of reach, hovering above her.
Roaring, Do Ro-rang launched herself after her.
『Do Ro-rang's Stats』
[Strength G-] [Agility G] [Stamina G-] [Mana G-]
『Park Ha-rin's Stats』
[Strength 432] [Agility 579] [Stamina 459] [Mana 703]
Their stats weren't even close. Yet Park Ha-rin matched Do Ro-rang blow for blow. As the fight continued, she began to move faster, hit harder, and take control.
"Why, why, why...!!"
Do Ro-rang seemed unable to accept what was happening. Her fury spiraled out of control.
Park Ha-rin, by contrast, remained utterly calm.
She slipped past Do Ro-rang's wild strikes or turned them aside with her hands and knees.
"Insolent wretch, dare to oppose me!!"
Do Ro-rang's rage mounted. She lashed out with a storm of punches and kicks, her eyes nearly rolling back in her head.
Dozens of attacks and counters flashed between them in seconds.
Not one of Do Ro-rang's blows connected.
As Do Ro-rang's fury reached its peak—
—Park Ha-rin finally spoke.
"Spending time on you is starting to feel like a waste."
Silver hair rippled around her face. Light blazed in her golden eyes.
Pa-ji-ji-ji-jik—
Lightning snapped from her fingertips as Park Ha-rin gripped her sword.
"Because whatever comes out of you is just too filthy."
Mana flooded Park Ha-rin's eyes. Forks of lightning split the air, bathing the hall in white light.
『Park Ha-rin activates 「Essence of the Sword (Mythic Grade)」.』
The world seemed to slow to a crawl. Park Ha-rin alone moved freely.
Her blade swept through the suspended moment in a shining arc.
Do Ro-rang stared at the approaching flash.
"Aaaaaaah!!"
Even within the air heavy with overwhelming pressure, Do Ro-rang pierced through her fear and thrust her fist forward. But all of that effort was meaningless before Park Ha-rin.
『Bladed weapon damage increased by 330%.』
To Park Ha-rin, the wild attack was little more than a child's tantrum.
A blast powerful enough to shake the building engulfed them in light.
When the thunder faded, both figures emerged again.
"Kuh..."
As the smoke cleared, countless wounds came into view across Do Ro-rang's body.
"You're getting on my nerves, so just die."
Park Ha-rin spoke with her back turned. Her silver hair swept around her as she passed Do Ro-rang, sword still in motion.
Light scattered from her blade.
Chwajajajak—
Do Ro-rang's body split in two and fell from the air.
Disbelief lingered on her face even as she died.
"You, you're... what are you?"
The terror in Do Ro-rang's eyes faded along with their light.
Woooong—
A transparent afterimage hung in the air for a moment, slicing through what remained of Do Ro-rang before vanishing.
As the remains struck the floor, a tiny blue spark flared into a blaze. Lightning-tinged flames consumed them in seconds.
Only blue-flecked ash remained.
And that was the end of Do Ro-rang.
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The struggle that had nearly killed us ended with a strange sense of emptiness.
『Plundered "Strength 45, Agility 189, Stamina 77, Mana 69" from Do Ro-rang.』
Park Ha-rin stepped through the blood on the floor, evaporating it with each step as she approached me.
"Si-hyun-ah♡ Big sis is here."
Her smile was almost blissful.
Only then did I realize there was someone here far more terrifying than Do Ro-rang.
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However hard I concentrated, I couldn't fully Read Park Ha-rin's information. Her emotions were only faintly visible.
「Park Ha-rin's Affection Level ∞ / 100」
-...Love.
I understood then: every trace of emotion she showed was directed at me, and beneath it lay an obsession I couldn't comprehend.
-&$#^@&%#&%$!...I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you.I love you.I love you.I love you.I love you.I love you.I love you.I love you..................
The intensity of those feelings nearly overwhelmed me. Dazed, I struggled for words.
Then a thought of hers broke through.
-The Tower really appeared... I was right to leave Si-hyun alone...
I couldn't speak.
Park Ha-rin had been expecting the Tower to appear for three years.
A fragment of her memory flashed before me.
A sealed room filled with evidence of her fixation on me: photographs, recordings of my voice, reminders of me everywhere.
-A monster like Park Ha-rin...
Only now did I begin to understand.
"Haa... haa..."
For three years, Park Ha-rin had been playing the part of a caring older sister, hiding what she really wanted.
I'd believed we'd become a family. Apparently, I'd been the only one who believed it.
I let out a bitter laugh, my anger barely contained.
'Fucking bitch, fucking bitch...!'
Betrayal flooded through me.
『Optimal Progression applied.』
Those three years together felt suddenly hollow. Tears blurred my eyes before I could stop them.
Park Ha-rin smiled at me, her expression almost serene.
But.
"What's wrong? Si-hyun?"
I couldn't beat her. Not like this.
『Probability of victory against Park Ha-rin - 0%』
"Big sis... didn't you miss me?"
There was, however, one possible way forward.
『A condition for seizing Park Ha-rin's ability has been generated.』
『Plunder Quest: Park Ha-rin's ability 「????」』
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「If you cannot win, make Park Ha-rin yield to you another way!」
「Fulfill the quest’s intimate condition with Park Ha-rin (0/1)」
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There was no time to agonize over family ties or what was right and wrong.
The look in Park Ha-rin’s eyes was far too dangerous.
『Probability of being restrained by Park Ha-rin — 99%』
My freedom was practically screaming for help.
『The system urged me to gain the upper hand over Park Ha-rin.』
『Park Ha-rin’s Affection Level ∞ / 100』
「Disposition — Sadism (S)」
「Preference — Park Si-hyun (sole and unchanging)」
「Desire Level — 99%」
Today, somehow, I had to turn this situation around.
I had no choice.
It was the only way I could survive.
“Fuhahaha♡”
「Strategy Tip — “Big sis, feed me.”」